Paul Kent (journalist)

Paul Kent is an Australian journalist and former rugby league footballer.

Paul Kent
Personal information
Born (1969-09-04) 4 September 1969
Australia
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989 Parramatta Eels 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

In 1989 he played in one first grade match for the Parramatta Eels at halfback, becoming the 481st player for the club.[2]

Since retiring he has become a journalist and now works for The Daily Telegraph and is the co-host on NRL 360. There was an investigation into the 2019 Dally M Coach of the Year regarding possible betting iregularities for which Kent may have bet on when the result was already known.[3] He has written two books; Sonny Ball and Johnny Lewis: The Biography — about Sonny Bill Williams and Johnny Lewis, respectively.[4] Sonny Ball was chosen as one of the best sports books of 2015 by Australian newspaper The New Daily.[5] Kent is a weekly panel member for Triple M's Sunday NRL Show.

References
  1. Paul Kent rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. "Official Player Numbers". Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. "'Untruthful': Sports Commentators Bets Emerge in Dally M Probe". SMH. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "The Telegraph's sport team". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. "The New Daily's best sports books of 2015". THE NEW DAILY. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.


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